Items | Percentage of young adults who believed in the health risks of smoking | Adjusted hazard ratio (95 % CI)a | p valueb | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Non-smoking (n = 264) | Current smoking (n = 51) | |||
I believe smoking would make my teeth yellow | 190(72.8) | 28(54.9) | 0.53(0.30;0.94) | 0.031 |
I believe smoking would make my nails yellow | 137(52.5) | 17(33.3) | 0.53(0.29;0.95) | 0.034 |
If I started smoking regularly, I believe it would be very hard for me to stop | 226(85.9) | 44(86.3) | 1.20(0.54;2.67) | 0.65 |
I believe smoking would give me bad breath | 255(97.0) | 44(86.3) | 0.45(0.2;1.00) | 0.44 |
I believe smoking would be bad for my health | 258(98.1) | 43(84.3) | 0.45(0.21;0.98) | 0.04 |